I mean, if anything, the red and green does actually match. For version 2.0 you do actually need more out there colors. Radioactive lima bean green, petroil blue, dark oranges.
Exactly, the colours aren’t saturated enough, they need to be brighter and harder on the eyes! And there needs to be more clashing colours to make it worst
It would be SO much worse if the pattern was entirely random. Like, a stocking here, a christmas tree there, and maybe a creepy raindeer thrown ito the mix.
I don't think it was the hairy texture that was bad but the realistic hair that was throwing everyone off. The puffball on the reindeer shirt that was picked was cute but the one in the survey looked almost greasy.. like you could comb it..
Lol I thought the one in the video looked cute and cartoony. I also thought that you didn't really show any reindeer that entered uncanny valley. Except the one with the greasy hair.
I'd argue that the bow isn't big enough or constrasting enough to actually be noticable as the 3d element. I think you'd need a bunch of the same 3d elements and subvert it with a single vastly different one
Personally I think that’s what what makes it even worse. You take in all the things wrong with the sweater and before you can compose your self and really comprehend it. The ribbon reveals itself.
4 with each being different and wrong in some way, 1 is just random enough to be fun, 2 is not as random but its an even number, 3 is fine since they will make a triangle and subconsciously you will see symmetry even if not oriented correctly it will be whimsical, 5 and up and it starts to get too crowded and will never drop into uncanny valley or go too far and become fun again. For example the Titans from Attack on Titan, they are deep in uncanny valley but because of their execution they are a brilliant art design.
It needs more chaos, randomness, and abstractness. Unmatching colors, different patterns, realistic and unrealistic together, and just more to truly assault the eyes. The one you made is one that you would still wear but no one would disown you for it. That's what we should be going for.
Other than the santa portion, the rest of the sweater really isn't that bad. Gotta agree that they need more unmatching colors, and more disquieting portions besides just the santa.
It’s the colors for me. Make the snowflakes blue to clash with the green of the socks or something. The colors there now are too complimentary. And yes, the socks don’t match each other, but the pattern still feels to regular and symmetrical. Our brains like symmetry so it’s gotta be immediately identifiable as asymmetrical
No way. The "ugliest" sweater wasn't that bad. The brown sweater with the mutant reindeer was much worse. The mottled pattern of the brown background looked positively diseased, like rotting zombie skin. The reindeer looked like someone modeled after a reindeer cadaver they found on the side of the road that had been hit by 4 cars and left in the sun for a week.
Every single reply is an "I agree" and i agree i would wear this sweater the feet arent very uncanny and the ribbons not enough maybe they get a few points for the pattern but thats it.
I feel like more 3D elements could have made it even worse. Just, make it super busy with 3D elements awkwardly placed all over and not synced up with the socks at all. Maybe even different sized and different objects? Also, I absolutely abhorred the off-white color pallette, so that was perfect.
@@karleedemmerno,i made a comment about how it could be made EVEN UGLIER. Hair at the colour,but not soft,it must feel realistic. And maybe not alot of bells,only 3,placed unfortunately. Yes,get your head in the gutter. 2 at the top and one at the bottom just to get the full deal in there
the top ugliest was like that because the "hairy" texture was actually in place of hair, and looked greasy. In the version you made, the beard doesn't look nearly as bad as that reindeer. The reindeer also had red eyes and an expression that looked like a serial killer that this one was lacking. Cringy Christmas words would have made it weirder, as well as ornaments. For all the hate you gave the 3d Christmas tree sweater, I don't see any 3d things except for those bows, which aren't that noticeable.
I’m impressed that they kept missing the mark with “hairy” texture. The faux sherpa texture and whatnot is not HAIR. The horrible Rudolph one just had a TUFT OF HAIR Sherpa and faux sherpa is a normal thing to see on a sweater, but a random tuft of hair is gross and uncanny
Honestly? I'm underwhelmed. Not enough 3d elements and clashing of different characters. throw in some weird three d frosty the snowman and it'd reach it's truest potential.
One thing that the disturbing reindeer face had that the final product didnt was the face element. When uncanny valley goes for the face, its a whole new level of disturbing. The eye divets paired with the smile are what did it for me too, because not only was it in the uncanny valley, but it looked like it was faking its happiness. Just another layer of psychological horror to think about for next year.
Yeah, they didn't capture the uncanny valley FACE that's really the star of the uncanny valley art. MAYBE with sweatier looking socks and hairy santa toes we need disturbing reindeer faces
they could've made something similar for the back they could even make the nose plastic so it's even uncomfortable to sit down in bc ur back just has plastic on it
Its cannon to me that Santa Amy is the one who's taking over gifts. I mean I'd be less freaked out about someone breaking into my house to leave gifts if the were ✨amy✨ wearing a corset! /hj
I think that for 2.0 they need to play with color undertones. Red and green kinda match but if they make a dark warm red sweater with neon green that will clash and look hideous
_"He's covered in socks! _*_AND NONE OF THEM ARE ON HIS FEET!!!"_* Steph's reactions were the absolute BEST! 😆🤣 I legit GAGGED when I first saw this, and continued to do so with each new element I hadn't noticed before get pointed out 🤢🤮👍🏽❤️🔥 AND I ACTUALLY LIKE CUTE AND HIDEOUS CHRISTMAS SWEATERS!!!! 😂😅
I always hated clothing that that lit up, looked/felt extremely uncomfortable to wear, tried way too hard to be trendy/funny/edgy, and/or was constantly falling apart and getting everywhere(i.e. glitter, sequins, tassels, loose fuzz/3d-elements, ect)
There is plenty of room for improvement, even when sticking to that design. I mean...: Add little bits of "real" white hair to the beard in a patchy way. Make 3 of the Socks real and just tacked on. Add random unfitting colors to 1 or 2 parts of the sock designs also at random. (like one of the pattern patches being blindingly pink, while the rest of the sock stays green and white) Add bells to the wrist. Make Santas feet glow in the dark and barely noticeably hairy (or make him have Hobbit feet and also make the hair real). Make the snowflakes blindingly neon yellow (or a colorful mess of all kinds of nonmatching neon colors) Make one of Santas hands have cookie crumbs on them (and the beard too) Etc.
But you could then hide little candies in them and have easy snack pouches, or one could hold your phone or something depending on how big they are made.
@brendanrisney2449 it's a gift, lol. I was super tired when finishing the video and looking through the comments, and it popped into my head when reading your comment.
Still not as bad as that brown reindeer one, that thing was just disturbing... I think more brown and perhaps having the bow be bright yellow and on the collar would be even worse. Also, each snowflake should have one yellow jewel glued on, but so small and almost the same yellow that it would be close to unnoticeable. Last thing: I think part of ugliness is if the sweatter looks uncomfortable to wear, so perhaps use a material that looks like it would itch when you touch it.
2.0 needs to clash more. Like cherry red with bright, MS Paint green. Maybe some blue LED Christmas lights to really make it feel cursed. The kind of clashing where the shades are so diametrically opposed that it gives you a migraine to try and get your eyes to focus on any one point on the sweater.
Part 2: the style theorist team designs & makes the sweaters. I think using a professional designer to make this one still makes it kind of a esthetic. We need some glitter and tinsel and fur in places it just shouldn't be.
I seen worse on the quiz lol, I like that one, the fact it's just socks and snow even at random makes it look like a nice pattern, the bow should be in a less logical place and the beard should be longer and more wirey. Also the feet need to be like 3 toed (4 is to normal at least to me cause of cartoons) and hyper detailed to really set off the uncanny Valley
I feel like the tops of the stockings all over the sweater would be even better if they were also done like the beard. That extra bit of 3D texture all around it would've added so much to this. Missed opportunity. But it's still a fun little experiment y'all did. 😆
1. Move the bow up just a bit so it’s between the end and the elbow, more irritating 2. Add a bunch of fake Christmas tree vine wire things around the other arm, but not fully attached, so they float around it. 3. Add the belly back, but just on the back, and randomly skewed in clumps of rows.
Someday there needs to be a Safiya and Amy collab. The two of them together, what would they create, Poor Tyler would have to film it and it would be womnderful
I'm gonna say it, it's not that bad to look at. The socks kinda drown out Santa quite a bit, and kinda makes it bearable. The bow sorta blends in, so unless you look for it, it's not really sticking out and being an eyesore.
honestly, I think that making the hands and feet of the santa into 3d protrusions would be *especially* heinous X'D amy was ultra-adorable as always though
22:14 i can only think about "our lawyers made us change the name of this song so we wouldn't get sued" and the ribbon round my wrist that says dont open before Christmas
I think you need an unsettling reindeer with small beady eyes staring into your sou. Their small character incorporating a person is fine, but I think it is just a facet of the off looking character. See if you can make the characters art style inconsistent as well in order to prevent any sort of ability for the mind to categorize the horror
Not nearly enough 3D objects, when I first saw the sweater, my reaction was: This isnt too bad. Which obviously should be changed. I want to be sick for days after looking at the worlds ugliest sweater.
4 things to add to make it even uglier is random elf heads that dont match (they should look like attack on titan titans) and add random bits of the beard material to the socks on the white parst and add a different material to SANTAS feet so it feels scratchy and also add a random MERRY CHRISTMAS with mixed letters everywhere on the sweater so even the patterns on the socks cant stay the same and THEN you have the perfect UGLIEST CHRISTMAS SWEATER! 🤢
Any way to make it “look” uncomfortable? Feel like that would add to the unnerving element of the sweater. It looks bad, but it doesn’t make me wince upon looking at it. If it looked like it was a chore to put on, or even painful, that would send it over the top! Looking forward to the next one!
Now that Style Theory exists we gotta get a video about Matpat creating the best Fursuit to not overheat in while still giving maximum creative freedom with the materials used and ofcourse longevity. Biggest problems of Fursuits: -Overheating -matting of fur -sometimes just really f-ing heavy (seen some suits with like 20 pound heads)
I always hated getting hand made Christmas sweaters as a kid because they would always ask me why I am not wearing at the next Christmas then I’d say, “it doesn’t fit anymore”. That caused them to make them a size too large which made for a very awkward Christmas photo
If you wanna make it worse you gotta have a lot of different colors. Make none of the colors match or compliment each other. Also add more 3D elements in random assortment and make them more bulky. Last suggestion is to make the base of the sweater color abruptly change once or twice. Make the color change uneven I think would add a layer of unsatisfied that you hate to look at
I was actually walking to the bus while the ugliest sweater was revealed, so i only heard the comments and honestly? The sweater does not do the reactions justice. I was picturing something truly horrifying and when i got to the bus stop and actually looked at it, i was really disappointed, because it was pretty when comparing it to what i had in my head- should i draw what i thought of? Im gonna do that, i can probably put it on reddit or sth
Santa's feet were the only thing about it that was even that bad. There were at least 3 sweaters on your quiz which were worse. Needed a creepy character whose eyes were open too wide, more 3d objects, the socks should have been different colors, and a gross hairy beard instead of a soft looking one. Also, you can barely tell the snow is yellow because the red in the background is so bright.
As a 28 year old who has been following y'all since high school I gotta admit, I am really feeling the dissonance in target demo vs me. I guess it's a testament to the quality of your videos that I still watch all four channels to this day. And I love that you're always having fun.
@@bheemabachus5179 Not a chance. Socialblade might have their estimated demo percentages, but they’ve talked about their main demo in videos before. It’s not that young.
@@wolfiemuse I think there has been a game theory video about two years back or so stating that the demo is more in the 14 to 18 branch. Like, by a large margin. Don't quote me on that though, I am too lazy to look it up.
@@jokecookie1089 yeah I remember that differently lol. Especially the way the channels have been going here lately, they’re clearly adding more dirty jokes and more “mature” humor, so again I don’t think that it’s either their intended target demo nor do I think it’s their actual main demo either. If it’s their top percentage demo I will be surprised. The demo above that would be closely behind if that was the case, I feel
I think a big way to make this even more horrendous, is to make the beard the same off white color, but make it look like the one Amy had in in the beginning, also if you add a hood that’s an elf hat (because it won’t match)
Knowing that there was going to be a hair element to the final design, that was the first thing I searched for simply because I hate it. The fact that it ended up being Sherpa fabric made me feel absolutely repulsed; Can't stand that fabric and it's the reason why I only buy off-brand Ooodies due to the official ones being lined with it. Aside from that, those feet are the next worse thing. Well done! 👏🐺
Things to make it worse- hair on the tops of the feet and on the back of the hands (with a different material). Yellowed/damaged toenails/fingernails. A mismatched hood with reindeer antlers (or any deer antlers, the further off the better). I feel like the singular bow wasn't enough dangly bit, so maybe like those tassels that you see on old cowboy/native american clothes but tinsel? You can also do double *you*, where tiny santa is up top, but it also looks like the bottom of your shirt is riding up and your belly is poking out too. Or even better, make it a tied-off sweater with your actual belly showing. Thanks for the video and I hope to see your ideas next year!
the only thing that could make this worse, is if there was like three or four more bows, and they were a completely different color than the rest of the sweater like maybe a nightsky blue with stars ribbon just kinda sorta around. The feet though, the feet killed me
I wish the bow was slightly more prominent by being either larger or on the front somewhere. Otherwise you nailed it PS That Barbershop was the best outro ever
OK, it’s been a few months, so I can finally make the following comment: 1). ABSOLUTELY do a part two. And then a part three. I love the idea of doing this annually. 2). For the holiday season of 2024, please make this a product we can buy on the theorist store. I was so bummed out that I couldn’t get one. I love the work that you guys do so please keep it up!
Definitely read these comments and make a 2.0 next year. This was so close to being something horrid but not quite. More 3D more lights more vaguely Christmas related more greasy hair more scratchy texture
I feel like this episode was probably the predecessor to Amy becoming the new host and if this episode is anything to go by, We have nothing to worry about when it comes to Style Theory
I mean, if anything, the red and green does actually match. For version 2.0 you do actually need more out there colors. Radioactive lima bean green, petroil blue, dark oranges.
Exactly, the colours aren’t saturated enough, they need to be brighter and harder on the eyes! And there needs to be more clashing colours to make it worst
@@MooCow765I think that brownish-red they showed would look pretty awful, especially if the green of the socks were like, lime green.
“Radioactive Lima bean green” ☠️☠️
I completely agree with you I thought the ugliest one on the survey was the one with the most colors
With just a splash of Lawn Flamingo Pink.
Yknow it woulda been a LOT worse if santas hands and feet were 3D elements too. THAT truly tips it over the edge!
YES small dangling arms and legs, I can see it now and I hate it
That was originally what I was thinking it would have.
And make Santas feet hairy as well. 🤣
@@lovisepandaHobbit Santa
Oh my gosh that would have done it for me!
It would be SO much worse if the pattern was entirely random. Like, a stocking here, a christmas tree there, and maybe a creepy raindeer thrown ito the mix.
Yesssssss
I was about to say this
Oh no 🙈
Or a bad color
I'm not going to ruin the number of likes but I would like it
I don't think it was the hairy texture that was bad but the realistic hair that was throwing everyone off. The puffball on the reindeer shirt that was picked was cute but the one in the survey looked almost greasy.. like you could comb it..
Yeah, just imagine they replaced Santa's beard with hair that you could brush.
And the eye bags
Yeah it was definitely the realistic hair not the hair in general but that it looked realistic
@@Bobieduck123 plus googly eyes that are just too small!
Lol I thought the one in the video looked cute and cartoony. I also thought that you didn't really show any reindeer that entered uncanny valley. Except the one with the greasy hair.
I'd argue that the bow isn't big enough or constrasting enough to actually be noticable as the 3d element. I think you'd need a bunch of the same 3d elements and subvert it with a single vastly different one
Personally I think that’s what what makes it even worse.
You take in all the things wrong with the sweater
and before you can compose your self and really comprehend it.
The ribbon reveals itself.
but once you see it youll never unsee it
4 with each being different and wrong in some way, 1 is just random enough to be fun, 2 is not as random but its an even number, 3 is fine since they will make a triangle and subconsciously you will see symmetry even if not oriented correctly it will be whimsical, 5 and up and it starts to get too crowded and will never drop into uncanny valley or go too far and become fun again. For example the Titans from Attack on Titan, they are deep in uncanny valley but because of their execution they are a brilliant art design.
What if it was on the elbow
I agree, it also needs some bells to make it annoying
I think the uncanny Rudolph from the survey was much worse than the "ugliest" sweater made
Right, I expected a face, but for all the talk about character, at the final reveal, there just wasn't one.
It needs more chaos, randomness, and abstractness. Unmatching colors, different patterns, realistic and unrealistic together, and just more to truly assault the eyes. The one you made is one that you would still wear but no one would disown you for it. That's what we should be going for.
I agree because the feet are the only thing that really bothers me. Everything else is just silly or not off putting.
You need to use opposing colors together
Other than the santa portion, the rest of the sweater really isn't that bad. Gotta agree that they need more unmatching colors, and more disquieting portions besides just the santa.
add another layer size of sweater the smaller the better I've seen someone wear a toddler-size regular sweater and win a 600-participant competition
It’s the colors for me. Make the snowflakes blue to clash with the green of the socks or something. The colors there now are too complimentary.
And yes, the socks don’t match each other, but the pattern still feels to regular and symmetrical. Our brains like symmetry so it’s gotta be immediately identifiable as asymmetrical
Amy wearing a corset over a santa costume is everything and so her vibe she makes this channel my fav out of the 4
STYLE THEORY SWEEEEEEP‼️
It's not as bad as Mat Pat wearing edible underwear.
WITH YOUR HOST: AMYYYYYYY
I love the fact that Amy is so blatantly in charge and they're not afraid to say so
CULT OF AMY'S AWESOMENESS!!
No way. The "ugliest" sweater wasn't that bad. The brown sweater with the mutant reindeer was much worse. The mottled pattern of the brown background looked positively diseased, like rotting zombie skin. The reindeer looked like someone modeled after a reindeer cadaver they found on the side of the road that had been hit by 4 cars and left in the sun for a week.
Yeah, I agree with ya!
I completely agree. I was severely disappointed.
Agreed.
Agreed
Every single reply is an "I agree" and i agree i would wear this sweater the feet arent very uncanny and the ribbons not enough maybe they get a few points for the pattern but thats it.
I feel like more 3D elements could have made it even worse. Just, make it super busy with 3D elements awkwardly placed all over and not synced up with the socks at all. Maybe even different sized and different objects? Also, I absolutely abhorred the off-white color pallette, so that was perfect.
Ya, I don't think the final product was nearly as bad as the 3D element heavy one.
@@rosscalhoun3389 I hated the 3d objects because you could never put them in the wash
Puff paint would go hard as added detail on those socks
I saw two dudes at the airport last week both had unnaturally baggy pants covered in sewn on bears.
Nooo the out of sync patterns aaaaa
More 3D stuff would 100% make this more intense. The bow feels too subtle to me.
Same. There should be a few more bows and some random bells just thrown in there.
Maybe add fluff/fur trimming on the stockings, but only some of them?
@@karleedemmerno,i made a comment about how it could be made EVEN UGLIER. Hair at the colour,but not soft,it must feel realistic. And maybe not alot of bells,only 3,placed unfortunately. Yes,get your head in the gutter. 2 at the top and one at the bottom just to get the full deal in there
*Yeah i agree, more of the weird*
*3d action would make this even*
*better than it already is, and*
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The beard too. It's giving more "floof" than "hairy".
I wonder if hairy feet could've added to it
the top ugliest was like that because the "hairy" texture was actually in place of hair, and looked greasy. In the version you made, the beard doesn't look nearly as bad as that reindeer. The reindeer also had red eyes and an expression that looked like a serial killer that this one was lacking. Cringy Christmas words would have made it weirder, as well as ornaments. For all the hate you gave the 3d Christmas tree sweater, I don't see any 3d things except for those bows, which aren't that noticeable.
Yeah nothing popped out or any face. I thought there would be something popped up 3d all around and the stockings look, nice, not busy or unorganized.
I’m impressed that they kept missing the mark with “hairy” texture. The faux sherpa texture and whatnot is not HAIR. The horrible Rudolph one just had a TUFT OF HAIR
Sherpa and faux sherpa is a normal thing to see on a sweater, but a random tuft of hair is gross and uncanny
@@booyah5555 yes you're right
Honestly? I'm underwhelmed. Not enough 3d elements and clashing of different characters. throw in some weird three d frosty the snowman and it'd reach it's truest potential.
Same. Although the spread legs on the Santa was a nice touch.
I think if Santa was wearing one sock it would have been better.
After they mention the furriness on the other sweaters, I was surprised they didn't make Santa's toes hairy.
🤮
Hobbit Santa
"Hi. Hello, loved one." Is one of the most awkward lines I've ever heard 20:57
One thing that the disturbing reindeer face had that the final product didnt was the face element. When uncanny valley goes for the face, its a whole new level of disturbing. The eye divets paired with the smile are what did it for me too, because not only was it in the uncanny valley, but it looked like it was faking its happiness.
Just another layer of psychological horror to think about for next year.
Yeah, they didn't capture the uncanny valley FACE that's really the star of the uncanny valley art.
MAYBE with sweatier looking socks and hairy santa toes we need disturbing reindeer faces
they could've made something similar for the back
they could even make the nose plastic so it's even uncomfortable to sit down in bc ur back just has plastic on it
I think we can all agree that Santa Amy in a corset is just perfection.
(Amy I mean that in the least creepy way possible, you look amazing 😅
Truly criminally perfect -_-
Most definitely. 💙
Themed Amy must become a recurring thing
Yessir
Its cannon to me that Santa Amy is the one who's taking over gifts. I mean I'd be less freaked out about someone breaking into my house to leave gifts if the were ✨amy✨ wearing a corset! /hj
I think that for 2.0 they need to play with color undertones. Red and green kinda match but if they make a dark warm red sweater with neon green that will clash and look hideous
It could have been worse. He could have had multiple pictures of Santa's feet in place of the socks.
Or the socks could've been toe socks
Or lime green feet all over the sweater, what makes noisy sweaters worse is agitating colors
or a bunch of neon green and pink bells on the socks
DON'T GIVE HIM MORE IDEAS OH GOD
And bows all the way up the arms, and there's a uneven number of bows
_"He's covered in socks! _*_AND NONE OF THEM ARE ON HIS FEET!!!"_* Steph's reactions were the absolute BEST! 😆🤣
I legit GAGGED when I first saw this, and continued to do so with each new element I hadn't noticed before get pointed out 🤢🤮👍🏽❤️🔥
AND I ACTUALLY LIKE CUTE AND HIDEOUS CHRISTMAS SWEATERS!!!! 😂😅
I hate it so much I covered my eyes
I read your comment before the reveal, and I though Steph was talking about Mat’s feet, because he often doesn’t wear a full pair of socks
I just got an ad for world of tanks at 13:06 and it was perfect. "Box number 3 is.... The battle of Stallingrad!"
Next year they should use the color theory episode to pick colors that scientifically look awful on matpat
oooh, YES this would be funny!
Yes or next week lol
Or that just look bad together
That's a great idea ngl
I always hated clothing that that lit up, looked/felt extremely uncomfortable to wear, tried way too hard to be trendy/funny/edgy, and/or was constantly falling apart and getting everywhere(i.e. glitter, sequins, tassels, loose fuzz/3d-elements, ect)
There is plenty of room for improvement, even when sticking to that design.
I mean...:
Add little bits of "real" white hair to the beard in a patchy way.
Make 3 of the Socks real and just tacked on.
Add random unfitting colors to 1 or 2 parts of the sock designs also at random. (like one of the pattern patches being blindingly pink, while the rest of the sock stays green and white)
Add bells to the wrist.
Make Santas feet glow in the dark and barely noticeably hairy (or make him have Hobbit feet and also make the hair real).
Make the snowflakes blindingly neon yellow (or a colorful mess of all kinds of nonmatching neon colors)
Make one of Santas hands have cookie crumbs on them (and the beard too)
Etc.
The final one wasn't as bad as I expected. Honestly #2 was worse for me
Mat's "hello loved one" was so adorable i swear
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Imagine if the socks were actual 3d socks that you could reach into. That would be _actually_ horrendous
But you could then hide little candies in them and have easy snack pouches, or one could hold your phone or something depending on how big they are made.
@@chaosandhugsI don't know how you made that idea even worse, but congrats
@brendanrisney2449 it's a gift, lol. I was super tired when finishing the video and looking through the comments, and it popped into my head when reading your comment.
@@chaosandhugsI know all too well the power of thinking while tired. I practically live that way.
Still not as bad as that brown reindeer one, that thing was just disturbing... I think more brown and perhaps having the bow be bright yellow and on the collar would be even worse. Also, each snowflake should have one yellow jewel glued on, but so small and almost the same yellow that it would be close to unnoticeable. Last thing: I think part of ugliness is if the sweatter looks uncomfortable to wear, so perhaps use a material that looks like it would itch when you touch it.
Also lime green for something would probably look bad as well, like bright green feet…
"Marry Christmas to me! The gift of therapy."
-Amy, 2023
2.0 needs to clash more. Like cherry red with bright, MS Paint green. Maybe some blue LED Christmas lights to really make it feel cursed. The kind of clashing where the shades are so diametrically opposed that it gives you a migraine to try and get your eyes to focus on any one point on the sweater.
Part 2: the style theorist team designs & makes the sweaters. I think using a professional designer to make this one still makes it kind of a esthetic. We need some glitter and tinsel and fur in places it just shouldn't be.
You wrote the 'things in places it shouldn't be' just gave me the worst idea..putting those items in the armpit area 😂
@@superdongshinee1794 😆😆😆 you understand the assignment
This thing should incorporate aluminum foil. It's bad, but it's not physically assaulting the eyes. Very shiny foil would fix that.
Matpat: “across the globe it’s getting colder”
Me, across the globe in Australia and sweating my arse off:
You sure about that?
I seen worse on the quiz lol, I like that one, the fact it's just socks and snow even at random makes it look like a nice pattern, the bow should be in a less logical place and the beard should be longer and more wirey. Also the feet need to be like 3 toed (4 is to normal at least to me cause of cartoons) and hyper detailed to really set off the uncanny Valley
I don't think anything this year can beat my Bambi "When I grow up, I'll be served with red wine" sweater.
13:17 ok this one is also amazing I love it
I feel like the tops of the stockings all over the sweater would be even better if they were also done like the beard. That extra bit of 3D texture all around it would've added so much to this. Missed opportunity. But it's still a fun little experiment y'all did. 😆
Seconding this. The final product was definitely lacking some 3D oomph.
Yeah. I thought there would be a lot worse 3D effects.
Make the socks have a hairy texture and we'd be golden, because *why would socks have hair*
@@exorack3037 Just like the beard has more of the texture of stocking tops. It'd seem like someone mixed them, but it's actually on purpose. 😂
Scratchy textures like tinsel and garland on sweaters is honestly what I hate the most. Also clashing textures
They really held back on the 3d objects for the final sweater tbh
I’m sorry but MatPats dad dances and the expressions in the sweaters were perfection 😭
1. Move the bow up just a bit so it’s between the end and the elbow, more irritating
2. Add a bunch of fake Christmas tree vine wire things around the other arm, but not fully attached, so they float around it.
3. Add the belly back, but just on the back, and randomly skewed in clumps of rows.
Someday there needs to be a Safiya and Amy collab. The two of them together, what would they create, Poor Tyler would have to film it and it would be womnderful
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Well done 👏👏👏
Me too!!
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Santa Amy called Nightmare Fredbear, “Nightmare Freddy”. Despicable.
the winter puns, santa amy, audience participation!! everything about this video is fantastic, she nailed the holiday style theory
can we just apreciate the detication mat pat takes to make us laugh and enjoy the video
Spooder man
can we just appreciate your profile xD
I'm gonna say it, it's not that bad to look at. The socks kinda drown out Santa quite a bit, and kinda makes it bearable. The bow sorta blends in, so unless you look for it, it's not really sticking out and being an eyesore.
Honestly still not the ugliest Christmas sweater I’ve seen
I agree. There were uglier sweaters in the original survey.
@@tamicoil7069agreed. The poop brown reindeer one gave me nightmares.
I would have made the feet and hands 3d objects. Instead of the fluff. I would have put actuall hair.
honestly, I think that making the hands and feet of the santa into 3d protrusions would be *especially* heinous X'D
amy was ultra-adorable as always though
22:14 i can only think about "our lawyers made us change the name of this song so we wouldn't get sued" and the ribbon round my wrist that says dont open before Christmas
Can you guys bring this back every Christmas, or make this a yearly thing where you try to out do the previous sweater and sell it
I think you need an unsettling reindeer with small beady eyes staring into your sou. Their small character incorporating a person is fine, but I think it is just a facet of the off looking character.
See if you can make the characters art style inconsistent as well in order to prevent any sort of ability for the mind to categorize the horror
I'm calling these theories with the two hosts as the "test theories" for the hosts taking over in a couple months
23:45 The sweater could have been worse is santa had yellow toenails. I love the asymmetry. I feel like Santa should have had a sickly pallor.
Not nearly enough 3D objects, when I first saw the sweater, my reaction was: This isnt too bad. Which obviously should be changed. I want to be sick for days after looking at the worlds ugliest sweater.
7:27 Matpat's soul IS just theories at this point. Everything could be lore.
I would UNIRONICALLY wear this. also, you should add a popcorn garland onto the next year's design.
When Mat brought out that sweater at 11:25, INSTANTLY and without a second thought gasped and out loud was like "OMG I love it"
absolute amazing singing for the outro there!
4 things to add to make it even uglier is random elf heads that dont match (they should look like attack on titan titans) and add random bits of the beard material to the socks on the white parst and add a different material to SANTAS feet so it feels scratchy and also add a random MERRY CHRISTMAS with mixed letters everywhere on the sweater so even the patterns on the socks cant stay the same and THEN you have the perfect UGLIEST CHRISTMAS SWEATER! 🤢
Honestly that reindeer from the survey is gonna haunt my dreams, sorry man, your guys' sweater can't even compare.
"Across the globe, it's getting colder."
Me, who knows how climate actually works: Are you sure about that
Amy dressed up as Santa did it for me, she looks so cute!
the corset over the santa suit sells it for me
The double take Mat did when Amy jumped on the couch 😂 Also Amy is absolutely sleigh-ing with that corset on top of the santa suit 👌
Any way to make it “look” uncomfortable? Feel like that would add to the unnerving element of the sweater. It looks bad, but it doesn’t make me wince upon looking at it. If it looked like it was a chore to put on, or even painful, that would send it over the top! Looking forward to the next one!
Dude the Christmas tree sweater in the intro is just horrifying, he indeed has seen some things he can never unsee
Loved being a part of this! was a hoot and a half to participate ! Thanks for the opportunity~
They are very disappointed and unjolly of you 😂
Now that Style Theory exists we gotta get a video about Matpat creating the best Fursuit to not overheat in while still giving maximum creative freedom with the materials used and ofcourse longevity.
Biggest problems of Fursuits:
-Overheating
-matting of fur
-sometimes just really f-ing heavy (seen some suits with like 20 pound heads)
I always hated getting hand made Christmas sweaters as a kid because they would always ask me why I am not wearing at the next Christmas then I’d say, “it doesn’t fit anymore”. That caused them to make them a size too large which made for a very awkward Christmas photo
Seeing Amy in a Santa costume is the laughter I needed today
Love the loop you have there Matthew Patthew 🥶
Part 2 suggestion: use extremely contrasting and unfitting colours.
Like brown and grey or something
Yep
This is what I expected!
the problem is that all typical christmas colors (red, green, blue, white, brown) coordinate pretty well in every combination
Amy’s cool slide over the couch with her leg up was skills!
I'm still way more afraid of the reindeer with the googly eyes and actual hair. That thing was nightmare fuel
I can't believe it sold out within a day! Maybe next year we can get a larger release for the 1st anniversary?
If you wanna make it worse you gotta have a lot of different colors. Make none of the colors match or compliment each other. Also add more 3D elements in random assortment and make them more bulky. Last suggestion is to make the base of the sweater color abruptly change once or twice. Make the color change uneven I think would add a layer of unsatisfied that you hate to look at
I was actually walking to the bus while the ugliest sweater was revealed, so i only heard the comments and honestly? The sweater does not do the reactions justice. I was picturing something truly horrifying and when i got to the bus stop and actually looked at it, i was really disappointed, because it was pretty when comparing it to what i had in my head- should i draw what i thought of? Im gonna do that, i can probably put it on reddit or sth
Ok nvm his feet are terrible, they look like they are broken in many places
18:36 "You could own this sweater!"
Shopping button: "Out of stock"
Me: "........welp."
Santa's feet were the only thing about it that was even that bad. There were at least 3 sweaters on your quiz which were worse. Needed a creepy character whose eyes were open too wide, more 3d objects, the socks should have been different colors, and a gross hairy beard instead of a soft looking one. Also, you can barely tell the snow is yellow because the red in the background is so bright.
I love the sibling energy that Mat and Amy give off.
I’m dying at Mat’s b-roll of him wearing the sweaters
Matpat: "across the world it's getting colder"
Meanwhile me watching this in a South African heat wave: 🤨
Happy Summertime to my friends below the equator! 😅
Not to mention loadshedding is making these heatwaves worse
For real! I'm in Australia, it's 8am and 30°C already (86°F)
Genuinely, it looks perfectly fine to me
As a 28 year old who has been following y'all since high school I gotta admit, I am really feeling the dissonance in target demo vs me. I guess it's a testament to the quality of your videos that I still watch all four channels to this day. And I love that you're always having fun.
? Their target demo is probably at the very lowest 18-24. Most of us are in late 20s or 30s I’d say.
@@wolfiemuse I think that's extremely optimistic. I definitely think they make content with millennials in mind, but their core demographic is 12-18.
@@bheemabachus5179 Not a chance. Socialblade might have their estimated demo percentages, but they’ve talked about their main demo in videos before. It’s not that young.
@@wolfiemuse I think there has been a game theory video about two years back or so stating that the demo is more in the 14 to 18 branch. Like, by a large margin.
Don't quote me on that though, I am too lazy to look it up.
@@jokecookie1089 yeah I remember that differently lol. Especially the way the channels have been going here lately, they’re clearly adding more dirty jokes and more “mature” humor, so again I don’t think that it’s either their intended target demo nor do I think it’s their actual main demo either. If it’s their top percentage demo I will be surprised. The demo above that would be closely behind if that was the case, I feel
Amy...I just love that Santa costume you are wearing in this episode. I give it 5 Christmas stars. 🌟 ⭐ 🌠 💫 🌟
It had me histerically crying
This is actually a really fun format for this episode to take
7:50 oh, that's bad
I LOVE IT!
I think a big way to make this even more horrendous, is to make the beard the same off white color, but make it look like the one Amy had in in the beginning, also if you add a hood that’s an elf hat (because it won’t match)
I love Amy's outfit. The way she took Santa and put on a corset.
And thighboots
That is crazy to see how creative mat is!
he has like 10+ creative directors...
Yeah
Knowing that there was going to be a hair element to the final design, that was the first thing I searched for simply because I hate it. The fact that it ended up being Sherpa fabric made me feel absolutely repulsed; Can't stand that fabric and it's the reason why I only buy off-brand Ooodies due to the official ones being lined with it. Aside from that, those feet are the next worse thing. Well done! 👏🐺
I think the sweater could be worse... Even with the bow its still way too artistically balanced... perhaps add a green tutu to the bottom hem
Better yet, make it a florescent green half tutu with very poorly lined up, unevenly cut orange and hot pink underlayers.
Sad part is this video came out while i was at work and couldn't get a sweater. Y'all should definitely make more.
Things to make it worse- hair on the tops of the feet and on the back of the hands (with a different material). Yellowed/damaged toenails/fingernails. A mismatched hood with reindeer antlers (or any deer antlers, the further off the better). I feel like the singular bow wasn't enough dangly bit, so maybe like those tassels that you see on old cowboy/native american clothes but tinsel? You can also do double *you*, where tiny santa is up top, but it also looks like the bottom of your shirt is riding up and your belly is poking out too. Or even better, make it a tied-off sweater with your actual belly showing.
Thanks for the video and I hope to see your ideas next year!
the only thing that could make this worse, is if there was like three or four more bows, and they were a completely different color than the rest of the sweater like maybe a nightsky blue with stars ribbon just kinda sorta around. The feet though, the feet killed me
I wish the bow was slightly more prominent by being either larger or on the front somewhere. Otherwise you nailed it
PS That Barbershop was the best outro ever
OK, it’s been a few months, so I can finally make the following comment:
1). ABSOLUTELY do a part two. And then a part three. I love the idea of doing this annually.
2). For the holiday season of 2024, please make this a product we can buy on the theorist store. I was so bummed out that I couldn’t get one.
I love the work that you guys do so please keep it up!
Definitely read these comments and make a 2.0 next year. This was so close to being something horrid but not quite. More 3D more lights more vaguely Christmas related more greasy hair more scratchy texture
Matt actually looks really great in the Christmas tree sweater.
I feel like this episode was probably the predecessor to Amy becoming the new host and if this episode is anything to go by, We have nothing to worry about when it comes to Style Theory